Methods

This section describes the methods supported by Document Object Model (DOM) objects associated with HTML elements and supporting objects.

In this section

Topic	Description
abort	The abort method terminates a pending send.
add	Adds an element to the areas, controlRange, or options collection.
addRange	Adds a Range to the current selection.
alert	Displays a dialog box containing an application-defined message. This method is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript.
append	Adds or appends key/value pairs of data to a FormData object for use with XMLHttpRequest.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
blur	Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event.
checkValidity	Returns whether a form will validate when it is submitted, without having to submit it.
ChooseColorDlg	Opens the system color-selection dialog box.
clear (selection)	Clears the contents of the selection.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
clearData	(Deprecated as of Microsoft Edge.) Removes one or more data formats from the clipboard through the dataTransfer object. For the clipboardData object, this method clears all formats.
clearInterval	Cancels the interval previously started using the setInterval method.
clearTimeout	Cancels a time-out that was set with the setTimeout method.
click	Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire.
close	Closes the current browser window or HTML Application (HTA). Closes the app without prompting the user. To the user, it appears as though the app has crashed.
close (document)	Closes an output stream and forces the sent data to display.
collapse (setPosition)	Replaces the current selection with an empty selection (or a caret) at the given offset.
collapseToEnd	Collapses or sets the insertion point or caret at the end of a selection object.
collapseToStart	Collapses, or sets the insertion point or caret at the beginning of a selection object.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
confirm	Displays a confirmation dialog box that contains an optional message as well as OK and Cancel buttons. This method is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript.
contains	Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
containsNode	Determines if the given node is included in the selection.
create (image)	Creates a new img element of the specified width and height. This method cannot be called directly. See Image object.
create (option)	Initializes a new option element. This method cannot be called directly. See Option object.
createCaption	Creates an empty caption element in the table.
createPopup	Note createPopup is no longer supported. Starting with Internet Explorer 11, use a div, iframe, or other element with a relatively high z-index value. For info, see Compatibility changes. Creates a popup window object.
createTBody	Creates an empty tBody element in the table.
createTFoot	Creates an empty tFoot element in the table.
createTHead	Creates an empty tHead element in the table.
deleteCaption	Deletes the caption element and its contents from the table.
deleteCell	Removes the specified cell (td) from the table row, as well as from the cells collection.
deleteFromDocument	Deletes the selected nodes from a document.
deleteRow	Removes the specified row (tr) from the element and from the rows collection.
deleteTFoot	Deletes the tFoot element and its contents from the table.
deleteTHead	Deletes the tHead element and its contents from the table.
doScroll	Note doScroll is no longer supported. Starting with IE11, use scrollLeft or scrollTop. For info, see Compatibility changes. Simulates a click on a scroll bar component.
dragDrop	Initiates a drag event.
empty	Cancels the current selection, sets the selection type to none, and sets the item property to `null`.
extend	Moves the focus of the selection to a specified offset within the given node.
firstPage	Displays the first page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
focus	Causes the element to receive the focus and executes the code specified by the onfocus event.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttribute (userProfile)	Obsolete. Returns the value of the named attribute from the userProfile object. This method is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript.
getBoundingClientRect	Retrieves an object that specifies the bounds of a collection of TextRectangle objects.
getCharset	Gets a Variant that specifies the character set of a given font.
getClientRects	Retrieves a collection of rectangles that describes the layout of the contents of an object or range within the client. Each rectangle describes a single line.
getData	(Deprecated as of Microsoft Edge.) Gets the data in the specified format from the clipboard through the dataTransfer object or the clipboardData object.
getElementsByClassName	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute.
getElementsByTagName	Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name.
getRangeAt	Returns a specified Range from a selection. The Range is specified by an index and cannot be greater than the number that is returned by rangeCount.
getSelection	Returns an object that represents the current selection of the document.
hasAttributes	Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object.
hasFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the object currently has focus.
hide	Closes the pop-up window. This method is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript.
insertCell	Creates a new cell in the table row (tr), and adds the cell to the cells collection.
insertRow	Creates a new row (tr) in the table, and adds the row to the rows collection.
item	Retrieves an object from various collections, including the all collection.
item (Areas)	Retrieves an object from an areas collection.
item (attributes)	Retrieves an attribute for an element from an attributes collection.
item (BehaviorUrns)	Retrieves an object from the behaviorUrns collection.
Item (BlockFormats, Fonts)	Retrieves a string that specifies the name of a block format tag.
item (DocumentCompatibleInfoCollection)	Retrieves an object from a documentCompatibleInfoCollection collection.
item (Form, Elements)	Retrieves a form object or an object from an elements collection.
item (Options, Select)	Retrieves a select object or an object from an options collection.
item (TextRectangle)	Retrieves an object from a TextRectangle collection.
lastPage	Displays the last page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
moveBy	Moves the screen position of the window by the specified x and y offset values.
moveRow	Moves a table row to a new position.
moveTo	Moves the screen position of the upper-left corner of the window to the specified x and y position.
msMatchesSelector	Determines whether an object matches the specified selector.
namedItem	Retrieves an object or a collection from a specified collection.
namedItem (Areas)	Retrieves an object from an areas collection.
namedItem (Form, elements)	Retrieves a form object or an object from an elements collection.
namedItem (Options, Select)	Retrieves a select object or an object from an options collection.
open	Opens a new window and loads the document specified by a given URL. Navigates the app window to the specified location.
open (document)	Opens a document for writing. Note Can also be used to behave like the open method of the window object if the url, name, features, and replace parameters are specified using the following syntax: var retval = document.open(url, name, features, replace); Refer to the window.open reference for usage.
previousPage	Displays the previous page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
remove	Removes an element from the collection.
removeAllRanges	Removes all ranges from a selection.
removeAttribute	Removes an attribute from an object.
removeRange	Removes a range from a selection.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
reset	Simulates a mouse click on a reset button for the calling form.
resizeBy	Changes the current size of the window by the specified x- and y-offset.
resizeTo	Sets the size of the window to the specified width and height values.
scroll	Causes the window to scroll to the specified x- and y-offset at the upper-left corner of the window.
scrollBy	Causes the window to scroll relative to the current scrolled position by the specified x- and y-pixel offset.
scrollTo	Scrolls the window to the specified x- and y-offset.
select	Highlights the input area of a form element.
selectAllChildren	Replaces the current selection with all the contents of the given node.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setBaseAndExtent	Sets the anchor (base) and focus (extent) boundary points for the selection.
setCustomValidity	Sets a custom error message that is displayed when a form is submitted.
setInterval	Evaluates an expression each time a specified number of milliseconds has elapsed.
setSelectionRange	Sets the start and end positions of a selection in a text field.
setTimeout	Evaluates an expression after a specified number of milliseconds has elapsed.
show	Displays a pop-up window on the screen. This method is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript.
showModalDialog	Creates a modal dialog box that displays the specified HTML document.
showModelessDialog	Creates a modeless dialog box that displays the specified HTML document.
stepDown	Decrements a range input control's value by the value given by the Step attribute.
stepUp	Increments a range input control's value by the value given by the Step attribute.
submit	Submits the form.
tags	Retrieves a collection of objects that have the specified HTML tag name.
toStaticHTML	Removes dynamic HTML elements and attributes from an HTML fragment.
updateSettings	Allows updating the print settings for the page.
write	Writes one or more HTML expressions to a document in the specified window.
writeln	Writes one or more HTML expressions, followed by a carriage return, to a document in the specified window.